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Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] Ascham.

als, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.

f holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death.…

An irregular or deceptive form.

ating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog. A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . . Where armies whole have sunk. Milton.

Something which is insidious or deceptive. Consumption is a siren. W. Irving.

Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive. Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.

Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. [Slang]

An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.

Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.] Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground]. Shak.

Worthless or deceptive in character. "A trumpery little ring." Thackeray.